Lecture Notes> THE-BIG-ONE_Bataan Peninsula State University in Balanga_ The “Big One” is a powerful 7.2 magnitude Earthquake that may strike Metro Manila.“This Earthquake is inevitable and will happen in our lifetime.”

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The “Big One” is a powerful 7.2 magnitude Earthquake that may strike Metro Manila.“This Earthquake is inevitable and will happen in our lifetime.” THE EARTHQUAKE An earthquake is a shaki... ng of the ground caused by the sudden breaking and movement of the large sections (tectonic plates) of the earth’s rocky outermost crust. The edges of the tectonic plates are marked by faults (or fractures). Most earthquakes occur along the fault lines when the plates slide past each other or collide against each other.THE RING OF FIRE Pacific Ring of Fire – is the zone of most of the earth’s subduction zones. Subduction zone – is a place where one plate of oceanic lithosphere (the crust + uppermost mantle) is shoved under another plate.THE RING OF FIRE Is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. In a 40,000km horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and/or plate movements.THE RING OF FIRESEISMOGRAPHS  Seismographs are devices that record ground motion during earthquakes.  The first seismographs were constructed at the very end of the 19th century in Italy and Germany.SEISMOGRAM P S surface waves Up-Down N-S E-W WEAK STRONGRitcher Scale- designed by Dr. Charles F. Ritcher of the California Institute of Technolog. - is the best known logarithmic scale in measuring the magnitude( strength of the shock waves) of earthquakes.PHILIPPINES EAST AND WEST VALLEY FAULT West Valley Fault – is the most geologically active fault line in the Philippines. - It is a 100-kilometer fault transects portions of Quezon City, Marikina, Makati, Pasig, Taguig, Muntinlupa, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite and Laguna. East Valley Fault – it is a 10-kilometer long segment of the Valley Fault in RiPOSSIBLE EFFECTS WHEN THE BIG ONE STRIKES [Show More]

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